God's Words

It was during a time when I struggled with my finances that I decided to trust God with a special offering to the church.  I followed the Word of God when it said in Luke 6:38, "Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."  I desperately needed God to work in my finances and help me get out of the trouble I had gotten myself into.  Now don't allow your imaginations to run away with you.  I didn't do anything crazy, except I have inadvertently over written what my check book said I could write. When I balanced out, the totals along with fees were much more than I had in my account. So I did what any God-fearing, God- loving Christian would do.  I ran to my Daddy God for HELP!

As I stood in the line to give my offering, the call went out for givers to give an amount of $100.00.  I didn't care what the amount was, if I had it I was going to give it.  $100.00 was a far cry from what I needed.  Even though I had never given that large an offering before, I said within my heart that I was going to trust God in whatever He required from me.  That's how bad I needed His help.  

I prepared my offering to give and as I waited for my turn, I heard the voice of God say very strongly within my heart, "I'm going to bless your writing."  Well my heart went all mushy and I almost allowed myself to cry in public.  Writing is my boo, the ultimate dream of mine.  Temporarily I forgot about my money problems and stood in line like I was this kid with a delicious secret, beaming on the inside.  I didn't see where it related to what I was trusting God for but It reached way above my present problem, it was wonderful to me.

Two days later, during my time talking to God, He reminded me of what He had told me that Sunday.  That's when I made the connection.  Oh! Writing Equals Money! Duh. 

Now the rest is up to me.  I have to write. I hadn't trusted God for my writing like I did for the checking account until now.  It's me and I know it.  But now that I have, God is a man of His word.  He has been blessing my efforts.  I'm still at the beginning but watch my progress.  It'll blow you and me away, I'm sure.  Oh and by the way, God moved on my financial issues.  Somehow, the bank merged with another bank and by Monday had deleted all of my outstanding fees.  They only transferred the credits.  I was able to balance out and pay all of my debts.  How about that!  Praise God! AMEN